Method of producing logotypes.



PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

P. T. DODGE. METHOD OF PRODUCING LOGOTYPES.

APPLIOATIOH FILED 1120.20. 1908.

.lio character or matrix proper; B, B, are a wedge past the shorter the original thickness UNITED STATES ATEENT @FFICE.

PHILIP 'r. DODGE, OF WASHINGTON, ms'rmcr or MERGENTHALER LINOTYPEOOMPANY, a CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. METHOD OF PRODUCING LOGO-TYPES.

852,224. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 20, 1906. Serial No. 348.820.

Patented April 30, 1907.

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Be it known that I, PHILIP T. Donon, of 'ashington, District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Methods of Producing Logotypes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has in view a simple and rapid method of producing logoty es in j ustitied lines of predetermined lengt 1; in other words, of producing logotypes having int.e gral therewith spaces of such width that when. the logotypes are assembled side by side in line the hne will havethe exact length required, To this end, I compose and justify the line consisting oi matrices representing the individual characters and spacers, between the word groups of matrices, of such width that they will till out. or justify the line i to the .predetermined length. I bring this continuous or integral line and an adjustable mold together repeatedly in such relations I i ters are to appear in print, and the spacers are inserted between the word groups of matrices and adjusted subsequent to the. compositionol' the line until the latter is elongated, to the proper length between the confining jaws or abutments, O, (l.

The mold consists of upper and lower members, D, D, shouldered and overlapped in such manner as to present between them the mold cavity, (1, the length of which may be varied by moving one of the members in relation to the other. I

After the line is composed is moved along the mold, or the mold is moved along the line, so as to present the mold cavity opposite the successive words, the mold beingadjustcd each time ton length that the mold will cast from each word group equal to that of the particular word to which of matrices and the adjacent spacers a logoit is presented plus the width of the adjacent type of corresponding length, the matrices s meet on. one side. and spacers being thus utilizedto determine tl the length of the logotypes and spaces so that they will j ust'ii y and assemble in series.

The matrices may be of any suitable form, and the intermediate spacers may be either of the expanding, double wedge variety, or solid spacers. The line may be composed by hand or by anysuitablemechanism. The mold, variable in width to correspond with the length of the respective words and adj acent spaces, maybe of any'suitable construction, and may be adjusted by hand or by any i appropriate mechanism.

Referring tothe drawings;'Figure 1 is a erspective view illustrating in outline-one orm of mechanism which may be employed in carrying my method into etl'ect. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a series of justified logotypes such as are produced by my method.

Referring to the drawings; A, A, represent a series of single letter matrices similar to those used in the ordinary linotypc machines, each containing in one edge an intagrus presented it is filled with type metal or equivalent material, which forms-a sing or logotype such as shown at E, l5. etc. Each logotype except that at one end of the line will present on one end the type-cha'racters. e, represented by the word group and also a blank, e, extending laterallybeyond the type characters:

Owing to the fact that the line is originally justified, and the fact that the word groups of n'iatrices and spacers are used i'or derermining the adjustment of the mold, it lollows that the logotypes cast in the method above described will when assembled form a justified line exactly equal in length to the composed line of matrices.

For mechanical reasons, that is to say, for the purpose of giving a bearingior the mold, the spaces between the words may all be in-- creased in width a definite and "uniform amount beyond the width necessary i or justification of the line. In this case this'additional space is ignored in casting the logoof each word the line.

I am aware that it is old to compose an un justified line of matrices plus a space sullitir-m'. to justify series of expanding spacers, each consisting of two oppositely tapered wedges, connected l by slidingjoints so that by moving the longer I COLUMBIA, ASSIGNQR TO l' the hue 1n the order-1m which their charac-- and justified, it

Eachtime the mold isand spacers and to utilize the shortage ot such line to aid in adtypes, each logotype being only of thdlength justing the length of a mold to which the de- I tached word groups of matrices are presented I in succession, but this involves the use of} complicated mechanism for measuring the! line and effecting the mold adjustments to secure justification, and also involves handling the word groups successively.

1 am also aware that a patent has suggested or described composition and justification of a line of matrices in which the justification is eliected by special spacers with protruding. fingers which form sides of a series oftemporary molds, the whole line or series of logotypes being cast at one operation into these molds. This patent fails to disclose any mechanism for operating the parts named, and does not disclose an adjustable mold or a line of matrices with .spacers'which could be presented repeatedly in different positions to a single mold.

I have heretofore received certain'patents in which a line of matrices was composed and justified, the line being thereafter divided or separated into sections which were presented successively and separately to a mold, each including a word group of matrices and a spacer, but this operation involved the em-v ployment of special mechanism and demanded extreme precision in the construction and operation of the parts to insure proper lengths of the logotypes. By the use of the integral justified line, that is to say, the pres'entation of this unbroken line repeatedly' in different relations [to the one mold, I amenabled to cast the logotypes in rapid succession and with extreme accuracy, and without the complicated mechanism heretofore required for separately handling the word groups after the line has been di-' vided or disorganized.

I believe myself to be the first toprovide for casting logotypes of redetermined length, that is, of such lengt as to justify the lines, one at a time, from a continuous or unbroken justified line of matrices. 7 Eating described my invention, What'I claimis: r

1. The method of p' roducing a line of justified logotypes consisting in the following steps: first, assembling in the required order individual matrlces representing the characters admissible to the line; second, justifying the composed'line to'a predetermined length third, casting against the difierent portions of the integral line, one after another, logotypes, each including the characters in one word-group of matrices and the adjacent space.

2. The method of producing a series of logotypes to form a justified line consisting in the following steps: first, assembling in the required order individual matrices representing the characters admissible to the line; second, adjusting between the word-groups of matrices spaces of suitable width to justify the line to a predetermined length; third, presenting to the word-groups of matrices in the integral line in succession a mold adjusted to the length of the respective groups plus the width of the adjacent space, if any, and castin in said mold, one at a time, the successive ogotypes; whereby the logotypes are produced with the justified spaces integral therewith.

3. The method of producing a series-of logotypes to form a justified line consisting in casting said logotypes successively against a composed, justified line of matrices, each logotype being cast against a word-group of matrices and the adjacent space, if any.

4. The method of producing a-series of logotypes to form a justified line, consisting in the following. steps: first, assembling in proper order the matrices representing all the characters admissible to the line; second, adjusting between the word groups of matrices spaces adapted to give the line a predetermined'length; third, presenting to the word groups of matrices in succession in 

